Fortran (Formula Translator)
FORTRAN is an acronym for FORmula TRANslator, the first high-level programming language. FORTRAN was developed by John Backus and colleagues at the IBM Corporation beginni...
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One of the most prestigious prizes in computing, the $100,000 Turing Award, went to a woman Wednesday for the first time in the award's 40-year history.Frances E. Allen, 75, was honored for her wor...
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John BackusJohn Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, died Saturday. He was ...
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Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson outlived her husband, Lyndon, by more than 35 years, expanding on her White House efforts to carve her own legacy as an environmentalist.When she died July 11 at...
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Fortran (Formula Translator)
First woman honored with Turing Award
